Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 14 September 1894 — Page 1
Doors
We Make A Profit
H. R. TINSLEY & CO.
Don't Forget that the Best Drill is the
Indiana 5-Hoed Grain Drill.
Hay Balers.
We are Selling the Whitman All Steel Full Circle Hay Baler.
For a Big Bargain Now Buy a
Big Injun Sulky Plow
We Have a Full Stock of
Imperial Plows
That are Still Ahead of Ail Others.
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We have a splendid line of Clocks. What can we do for you?
EAST MAIN STREET 7|/I I/I OPP. COURT HOUSE iVI.
D. F. McCLURE,
-OF THE—
TRADE PALACE
Has been for the past two weeks in the New York and Eastern markets buying our
Fall and Winter Stock,
The newsiest of everything the market affords. The new goods are coming in every day and have been bought on a depressed market for spot cash and our friends can depend on it the Old Trade Palace will be made headquarters this Fall for the best stock of
Dry Goods, Millinery, Cloaks, Carpets,
Etc., at lowest prices in Crawfordsville. We solicit your Fall buying, confident we can suit you best and save you money. Resp'y
McClure & Graham.
VOL. 52—NO. 37 CRAWFORDSVILLE, INDIANA, FRIDAY,
Sash and Glass, a Full and Complete Line.
H. R. TINSLEY & CO.
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On ail our goods, but we try to make it fairly.
We don't believe in selling one article at cost and putting a big profit on another. Try us and we will use you fairly and go out of our way to serve you.
JvllIlC.
BETTER STAY HERE.
A Letter From Dakota Which Shows That Dakota No Particular l'aradlge.
To the Editor The Journal. HOPK, North Dakota, Sept. 4, '94.— Perhaps there may be some readers of Til?: JOURNAL whose desire may be to emigrate to this northwestern country, therefore I will venture a few lines which may be of some interest.
This is as tine a country to look upon as one would care to see, as nice rolling prairie as lays between our county seat and Lafayette, and in most places the soil is deep and heavy, yet in many places it is composed of a very fine black sand about eighteen Inches deep, underlaid with a coarse gravel, which makes it very risky farm land on account of it not standing the drouth and hot weather which they are subject to very much here. The land in the Red River Valley is considered the best farmland in North Dakota. There the soil is some two and a half or three feet deep and is as fertile and productive as any in Montgomery county, being of a very heavy black gumbo soil and of a quality that will stand a good deal of dry weather and drouth. Improved farms near Cassleton, a town of 1,500 at the crossing of the Northern Pacific and Great Northern railroads can be bought for from $18 to 825 per acre. There the wheat is averaging from 20 to 30 bushels per acre. Farms in the sandy region, along the Cheyenne River, sell for from $7 to S12 per acre with good improvements, yet there are thousands of acres of this grade of land not yet claimed which can be taken at a very small cost. Should the present price of wheat continue there will be a great number of farms for sale under mortgage, as most of them have been bought on crop payments, and from the following one may determine how much a "Bonanza Farmer" is making. We will figure it from the same basis as your Black Creek correspondent, near as possible, and I will use 1G0 acres instead of his 26 acres: 200 bu. seed wheat at 55c $ 110.00 Kenton 160 acres 160.uO Wear on binder and other machinery 25.00 Plowing 160 acres Harvesting, including time and harvest hands Threshing at 9c. per bushel, including all expenses, 2,400 bu Seeding 160 acres at 50c. per acre.-. Interest on capital Invested in one binder $ 20.00 Interest on capital invested in one drill 100.00 Interest on capital invested in one gang plow 10.00 Interest on capital 200 bu. seed wheat 110.00
It May Change Hands.
There is a report in circulation in railroad circles to the effect that the annual meeting of the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago road, Sept. 18, will show some startling developments. It is asserted that the Brice-Thomas syndicate has lost its grip on the property and will be ousted from the control it has exercised for the last three years. Parties, it is alleged, whose identity has not yet been made public have been quietly buying up the stock of the company for some time and have now secured enough of it to give them control. They will declare themselves and show their hand at the forthcoming annual gathering of the stockholders. It is not their present intention to make any changes in the management of the road. They have been looking into the record of Vice-Presi-dent and General Manager W. II. McDoel since he took the management and they are well pleased with the result.
Excursion 10 Indianapolis.
An effort is being made to secure 100 persons to go to Indianapolis Saturday to witness "The Last Days of Pompeii." In case this number is secured a rate of SI. 10 can be secured over the Big Four. Twenty-five have already been secured. Those desiring to go may leave their names with Jim Johnson, Charley Long or Bert Ramsay.
I!ig Heal Estate Deal.
O. M. tiregg has purchased the two story brick block on Washington street occupied by Cohoon & Fisher. lie bought it from John 15. Robb, ofJoplin, Mo., and the consideration was SI3,500. Cumberland & Miller effected the trade.
SEPTEMBER 14,
160.00
160.00
216.00 80.00
Total $300.00 Interest at 8 per cent 24.00
Total expense $ 935.00 Value of 2,400 bu, wheat at 42c $1,008.00 Net receipts $ 173.00
This is figuring on an average crop for this year and at low wages. I could use some certain farmers' crop that averaged 30 bushels per acre and would give a flattering report, but these are facts as acknowledged to by some of the most leading "bonanza' farmers of this State. One great fault with the farmers here is a rivalry to excel in number of acres. A farmer here that only attempts what lie can farm with his own force can raise wheat at a small profit for 40 cents per bushel. C. A. WIDEXEB.
A Cood Man Gone.
Texas Mmhmullc: .Judge Frank Willis, of Canadian, was stricken with paralysis on the night of the 4th inst. during divine services at the tent, conducted by Rev. Abe Mulkey. At the time the sail occurrence took place the altar was crowded with penitents, ana the Judge was prominent among the workers. When the fatal stroke came he sank down, and the physicians and friends gathered around him, and removed him to his home which was not far away. For a short time he seemed perfectly conscious, and by signs and defective articulations, tried to comfort his family: but he soon became unconscious, and never spoke in an audible tone again. His breathing became heavy and he lingered in that condition until 1:30 p. m. the next day, (Sunday) and passed peacefully away. He was a member of the Odd Fellows lodge at Independence, Kan., where he always kept his dues paid in advance and maintained a good standing with the order for twenty years. The members of the Canadian lodge took charge of his remains and buried him in accordance with their ritual. IIis funeral brought out the largest number of people ever brought together on a similar occasion in Canadian. At 2 p. m., the (5th inst., the remains were carried from the family residence to the large1 tent used for the Mulkey revival, where the people, and the ministers, who had been in attendance upon the revival assembled and touchingly paid their last tribute to the honored deceased. It was a solemn scene, many were the tears shed by the sorrowing ones, but the thought that he was a faithful Christian and died at his post with his armor on, and that he has only gone on in advance, as an embassador to the court, of heaven, and where he is they can go, brings comfort and peace to the grief stricken ones who look forward to the time when they shall all have a happy reunion on the shining shore. lie was born in Alamo, Ind., in the year 1S43, and received his education at Craw fordsville in the same State. He chose the profession of law and was admit ted to the bar when a young man, Soon after he moved to the State of Missouri and engaged in the practice of his profession. A few years later he moved to Independence, Kan., where he continued the practice of law, and also filled the oftice of District Attorney for one term. In 1870 he moved to Montague, Texas, where he remained practicing law until 1881, at which time he was appointed judge of what is now known as the 31st Judicial District, and moved his family to Mobeetie. After serving for two years by appointment, he was elected and served two full terms of four years each. He was a man of fine legal talent, and as a district judge it is said by those who are in a position to know, that his decisions stood the test of the supreme court as well as any other judge in the State. In 1801 he moved to Canadian, and has been attorney for the S. K. R. R. since that time. Two years ago he joined the Presbyterian church, and was soon after elected, an ordained an elder in his church, which place he filled faithfully up to the time of his death. Though not long a church member yet he made a splendid record as Christian. About two years ago he was suddenly stricken with paralysis, from which he never entirely recovered. One year ago he had another stroke, though in a much milder form. The fatal one came at last.
Crawfordsville Circuit Abolished. The recent Methodist conference abolished the Crawfordsville circuit which has been filled by Rev. John M. Stafford, and attached the various churches composing it to other circuits. Waynetown is now in a circuit with Yountsville and Alamo, Wesley and Roberts Chapel are with Trinity, and Gray's Chapel has been converted into a barn. Mt. Olivet will be supplied temporarily by Rev. J. G. Stephens. Mr. Stephens will also iill the Wesley charge in addition to his work at Trinity in this city. The first sermon to the Trinity congregation will be preached just as soon as a suitable room can be found in the west end of town.
Finger Amputated.
W. H. Spinning, of Jackville, was in town Wednesday and had his middle finger amputated. It was the second operation on the same finger. The first time it was taken off at the second joint and Wednesday behind the third joint. The amputation was made necessary by a sore caused by a knife cut
Ail Elk Ilorq Excavated.
An elk horn was excavated near .Jackville the other day which measured two feet from tip to tip. It was found in gravel twelve feet below the surface and was fairly well preserved.
1894.—TWELVE PAGES
A HORSESTEALING BARN BURNER.
Newell Gastineau, a Ladoga Youtli, Yaukeil v, I'p Oil a Serious Charge.—Gets
Three Years.
Yesterday the officers placed in jail-here, Newell Gastineau, who was arrested for burning the barn of Frank Franz at Ladoga Saturday night and stealing a bay horse. Iy the conilagration of the barn two mules and other valuable property were destroyed. Young Gastineau accepts the situation very cooly and acknowledges his guilt with a pleasant smile. At the jail today he made the following statement: 'I will be twenty-one years old next month and I have lived in Ladoga with my widowed mother. Sometime since became engaged to'a fairy of Crawfordsville named Ida Tyler, as sweet a charmer as ever drew the breath of life. I wanted to marry her very much but owing to the prevailing financial depression I found it extremely difficult to make connection with cash. To be candid I was long on love and short on the stuff used to sweeten jack pots— had no money. You can't buy marriage licenses and pay parsons on promises. I therefore resolved to make a cracker jack strike for coin. 1 went to Mr. Franz's barn Saturday night and hooked his horse. I set the barn on fire too, but that was wholly accidental. I wouldn't have burned those mules up for anything. When I now realize what I have done I can clearly see that my intentional burning of them would have been fratricide. I took the horse to Covington but failed to sell him there, so I brought him on back this way and sold him at Veedersburg for $25. Then the detectives gathered me in and here I am. That's all. I shall plead guilty and I want to do it right off. My marriage is indefinitely postponed. Poor
Ida! I wonder if she'll live through it all." Gastineau manifested such a desire to plead guilty that he was taken up before Judge Harney in the afternoon He told of his arrest by Ed Hubbard and declared that he had set the barn on fire accidentally, he being busy striking matches looking for a hole in a bridle. He never intended, he protested, to destroy the $2,000 worth of property. Judge Harney accepted his story and let him off with a light sentence—three years in the northern prison.
The K. I*. Picnic.
The Knights of Pythias have Issued the following invitation to their first annual reunion of Montgomery county to be held at the fair grounds, Crawfordsville, Indiana, Thursday, Septem ber 27, 1804. Every Knight of Pythias and his family and friends are invited to join us in celebrating this grand and glorious day. This basket meeting will unite neighbors and friends, making it a grand holiday for old Montgomery county. The street parade will move promptly at 10:30 a. m., and will be one of the grandest ever seen in Crawfordsville. The city will be beautifully decorated. At night time the illuminations will be such as to make the streets as light as day. The key to the city is yours. Gov. Matthews, Gen. Lew Wallace, Major General J. R. Carnahan, Rev. J. W. Greene have been invited to speak. The chief feature of the grand parade will be the following Uniformed Knights Major Gen. J. R. Carnahan and staff, Brie. Gen. J. R. Ross and staff, Col. S L. Ensminger and the following divisions: Logansport, Lafayette, Frankfort, Lebanon, Kokomo, Peru, Rensse laer, Veedersburg, Crawfordsville Terre Haute,Bloomington, Greencastle Brazil and all lodges of the county Two hundred wheelmen will take part in the grand street parade at night each bicycle rider having Japanese lanterns attached to his wheel. In ad dition a number of balloons with fire works attached will explode in mid air Half fare rates on all railroads.
.. Heath of Mort Dodd.
Mort Dodd, aged about 30 years, died Wednesday of typhoid fever at home of his father just south of the Masonic cemetery. The deceased was a well known young man and had been con nected with Charley Smith's restaurant for a year or more. Although he had had the fever for two weeks he was not bedfast until last Friday night and his death was a great surprise to his friends. The funeral will .occur this afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Death of Ma*. Ida I.edbetter. Mrs.IdaLedbetter diedWednesday of consumption at the home of her moth er, Mrs. Hampton, -inr the west end She leaves two small children. The funeral occurs to-day.
ATTKX:) Bischof's Walker auction sale on Winter Goods for bargains.
.Join The .Journal procession, tlvu cents to Jan. 1, 18U5.
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PART
FIRST
GENERAL GOSSIP.
It Concerns Everything and Everybody and Is, Therefore, of Interest to All of Us.
—Ilarrie Ilanley has left Oklahoma City and is now located in Colorado Springs. —Mrs. A. M. Perrinhas gone to Dayton, Cincinnati and other points in Ohio on a visit.
George Fry has gone to Anderson to take a position with the new electric railway company.
Will Powers is in from Nebraska called by the dangerous illness of his mother, Mrs. Ira Powers. —A repertoire company will begin a. three nights' engagement at Music Hall Monday evening at popular prices.
Rev. G. Stephens will preach next Sunday morning at Robert's Chapel at at 10:30, and at Mount Olivet at 3 p. m.
Mrs. G. A. Eldredge, of Leadville, Colorado, arrived in the city last night to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Watson.
The court has ordered that Clerk Sparks be allowed 8 per cent, of all moneys he collects on cases venued to this county. —George Russell's suit against the fair association for $125 was tried before Overton Thursday and George obtained judgment for $20.
Breastplate, the fast horse of Jas. Hymer,of Ladoga, won the 2:25 pace at Covington Wednesday in 2:20.Oraudian won a heat of the running race in 51. —The entire, interior of the new Vanderbuilt building at Yale College is finished in quartered oak furnished by the Crawfordsville Lumber Company. —Mort Rankin, the Populist candidate for Congress, accompanied by J. M. Jarvis, of the Exponent, will be here Sept. 19. Mr. Rankin will speak that day at 1:00 p. m. and 7:30 p. m.
Wednesday at Waveland fire broke out in the ottice occupied by Drs. Straugh & Harbison over Kleiser's drug store. A damage of $175 was entailed and a general conflagration narrowlv averted. —Fred Nichols has sold his fine place on west Wabash avenue to Mrs. Sennett, of near Rockville, for $3,750. Mrs. Sennett will move here and Mr. Nichols will turn his attention to his valuable farm.
Rockville llcpublirtin: Elmer Hills this week discontinued his connection with the firm of Hills it Wilson, merchant tailors, and went to Indianapolis to accept a position with the Kalin tailoring company.
Transfers of Heal Estate.
A list of deeds filed for record, furnished by A. C. Jennison, Abstracter of Titles: Virginia Roseboom to Timothy Murphy, 100 acres in
Madison tp $4 500 00 James W Dixon to Elton Armstrong, 35 acres in Scott tp.. 1 600 00 Henry Shrader to Christian
A Shrader, undivided }4 of 2 lots in city 250 00 Margaret Lutz to S I'1 anil
Allen, 2 3-10 acres in Union tp Lewis Weaver et al to Marcia
Garreston, part lot in Ladoga Stephen Campbell to Clara
Beam, 50acres in Ripley tp. John Peterson to Chas I! Peterson, 100 acres in Sugu/r
1 200 00
Thomson, tract near Crawfordsville Joseph McGilliard to Alexander Thomson, tract near
Crawfordsville
135 00
Reeves, lot in city 450 00 John Kelley to A II Braden, lot in city Charles Johnston,Commissioner, to Land LI Rost, 2 lots in Crawfordsville Cynthia E Foster to Thomas
5 00
1 120 00
Boraker, pt lot in city Meade W Willis to Cynthia Foster, 2 lots near city 400 00 Rebecca Canine et al to Erastus Clore, 35 acres in Brown tp and land in Parke co 4 000 00 Mary Saidla to John E Rine 1-0 of 80 acres in Sugar Creek tp Robt Davidson to Wm Davidson, 40i acres in Coal
550 00
500 00
Creek tp ••••.... David II Patton to .James Byrd, 18 acres in Uniontp.. !)00 00 Tyre L. Hanna to E Jennings, lot in Waveland Christian W Bixler to Cyrus E
Beam, Xt of 100 45-100 acres in Ripley tp Cyrus E Beam to James
1 500 00
300 00
1 00
1 00
Creek tp 8 000 00 Carl Rost to A Kaufhold, part of lot in city Jane Bennett to Alexander
7.1 (J 00
375 00
475 0(5
21 transfers, consideration $27,012.00
For Sail1. n-
20, 30, or 40 acre farms in the great Bear River Valley, Utah, $.'!() per acre, one-tenth cash, balance in nine yearly payments. Two railroads, fine climate, rich soil, plenty of water, irrhjuted rroi.s never fall. One fare for the round trip from Chicago. Oct. !). Send 2-cent stamp for illustrated pamphlet to C. F. Spilman, Crawfordsville, lnd.
DON'T fail to visit Bischof's Dry Goods House when you come to the fair. They will save you money on. your smallest purchase.j